. 2019 May 9;97(7):3007–3015. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz156

Table 3.

Effect of inositol supplementation and day of measurement on serum mineral concentrations of nursery pigs¹

	Day 21			Day 42			SEM
Inositol, %	0	0.15	0.30	0	0.15	0.30
Mineral concentration, mg/L
P²	133.6^ab	144.6^a	138.9^a	136.2^a	122.0^b	135.5^ab	5.10
K³	269.2^a	280.7^a	280.5^a	280.9^a	234.1^b	283.8^a	9.85
Ca⁴	100.4^a	107.1^a	102.8^a	101.0^a	87.8^b	101.8^a	4.07
Mg⁵	23.5^ab	25.6^a	23.9^a	24.9^a	20.9^b	23.2^ab	1.03
Zn	1.35	1.34	1.35	1.30	1.17	1.32	0.06
S⁶	77.3^a	82.3^a	77.9^a	65.6^b	59.8^c	64.9^b	2.29
Cu	2.02	2.07	1.96	1.99	1.72	1.92	0.09
Fe	1.22	0.95	0.98	0.80	0.86	0.83	0.20

^a-cValues within a row with different superscripts differ (P ≤ 0.05).

¹Values are least square means of 16 pigs, representing main effects of inositol of a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement with 0 or 2,500 FTU/kg of phytase and 0, 0.15, or 0.30% inositol. The interaction between phytase and inositol was not significant.

²Interaction of inositol × day (P = 0.04).

³Interaction of inositol × day (P = 0.006).

⁴Interaction of inositol × day (P = 0.03).

⁵Interaction of inositol × day (P = 0.005).

⁶Interaction of inositol × day (P = 0.04).